Taxonomic Information
Agnibesa Moore, 1888 species known from India.
Agnibesa pictaria (Moore, [1868]).India: Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Agnibesa plumbeolineata (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim.
Agnibesa recurvilineata Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Agnibesa venusta Warren, 1897. India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Agnibesa recurvilineata Moore, 1888. Lep. Atk. Pg. 256. TL: Darjeeling.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 415 # 3831.
- Hydrelia recurvilineata; Seitz, A. (Ed), 1912. Macro. Lep. World, Vol. 4 Supplement, pg, 180, Pl. 7g. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110532#page/287/mode/1up. Plate at
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110532#page/519/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 6/37.
- Xue, D. and Scoble, M.J., 2002. A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Entomology Series, 71(1), pp.77-133. Fig. 73.
- Sondhi, S. 2024. Moths of India - A Field Guide. Published by Titli Trust, India, xii+280 pp. Pl. 47/303.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Agnibesa recurvilineata Moore, 1888 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/agnibesa-recurvilineata, accessed 2025/11/03.